Wolf from Brookfield Zoo sent to New Mexico to be prepared for release

Only 58 Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the Southwest; wildlife officials hope Ernesta will add to the population

Ernesta, a wolf from the Brookfield Zoo, has been shipped to a refuge in New Mexico and may be released into the wild. There are only 58 Mexican gray wolves living in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona. (Jim Schulz, Chicago Zoological Society)

She may have not been born free, but Ernesta, a 4-year-old Mexican gray wolf from Brookfield Zoo, might be able to live out the rest of her life roaming the wilds of New Mexico…